Senior MongoDB Administrator

SRED.io; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company in Toronto is looking for a Senior MongoDB Administrator to ensure their databases are fast, reliable, and scalable. The successful candidate will take ownership of database clusters, optimize database performance, manage sharded clusters, and collaborate with developers on data modeling. Applicants should have over 5 years of MongoDB experience in production, strong scripting skills, and familiarity with cloud environments like AWS and GCP. The role involves troubleshooting, automating maintenance, and ensuring high availability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of MongoDB experience in production environments.
• Deep expertise in performance tuning, sharding, and replication.
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Optimize queries, indexes, and schema design for peak performance.
• Manage sharded clusters and replication for high availability.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve database performance issues.
• Collaborate with developers on data modeling and pipeline optimization.
• Automate maintenance, backups, and monitoring tasks.

Skills

MongoDB experience

Performance tuning

Scripting (Python, Bash)

Linux proficiency

Cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Senior MongoDB Administrator

We’re looking for an experienced MongoDB Administrator to keep our databases fast, reliable, and scalable. You’ll take ownership of our clusters, optimize queries, manage indexes, and design sharding strategies to handle large-scale data.

Responsibilities:

• Optimize queries, indexes, and schema design for peak performance

• Manage sharded clusters and replication for high availability

• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve database performance issues

• Collaborate with developers on data modeling and pipeline optimization

• Automate maintenance, backups, and monitoring tasks

Requirements:

• 5+ years of MongoDB experience in production

• Deep expertise in performance tuning, sharding, and replication

• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or similar)

• Comfortable with Linux and cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Nice to Have:

• Experience with containers (Docker/Kubernetes)

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and other databases

Join a fast-paced, data-driven team and help shape the architecture that powers our applications.